From The New York Post:
A Catholic priest was attacked by a “disturbed gentleman” during a prayer service in Washington state as the peaceful ceremony collapsed into chaos on Tuesday.
The Rev. David Gaines, parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane, Wash., was praying alongside Bishop Thomas Daly when the man launched his attack.
The assault occurred during the church’s second night the Lourdes Novena for Healing, a series of nine days of prayers for healing culminating with the Feast of the Lady of Lourdes, the patron saint of healing, peace and the sick.
Footage of the church’s livestream captured the suspect jumping out of his seat in the first row pew and running toward the altar where the celebrants were kneeling.
… The rector, the Rev. Darrin Connall — who had been leading the prayer when the attack happened — called for security as the man’s unintelligible yells echoed throughout the cathedral.
The man was handcuffed and led out of the cathedral by several men in attendance as Connall returned to his position and resumed the service with a prayer for “that disturbed gentleman.”
